Apiaceae, commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or as the umbellifers, is a family of flowering plants in the order Apiales and is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera. Its defining feature is an inflorescence in which flowers are gathered into umbels, simple or more often compound. The family includes major vegetables and herbs such as carrot, celery, parsley, parsnip, dill, fennel, coriander, and cumin, as well as toxic species such as poison hemlock and water hemlock.
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Parent Taxon Of
Source Apium graveolens (Wikidata)
Source Cicuta virosa (Wikipedia)
Source Daucus carota (Wikidata)
Source Wikidata: Eryngium maritimum
Source Wikidata: Ferula assa-foetida
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ145794, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Apiaceae
WikipediaIntroduction
Apiaceae ( ), also called Umbelliferae, is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or as umbellifers.
In Group: Asterid Families, Lead
Apiaceae ( ), also called Umbelliferae, is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or as umbellifers.
View the Source Wikidata: Apiaceae
Wikidata Q145794, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Apium graveolens (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Apium graveolens, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Daucus carota (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Daucus carota, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Parsley
Parent Taxon Of: Parsley, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Dill
Wikidata: Caraway
Parent Taxon Of: Caraway, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Lovage
Wikidata: Eryngium maritimum
Parent Taxon Of: Eryngium maritimum, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Ferula assa-foetida
Parent Taxon Of: Ferula assa-foetida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Anise
Cicuta virosa (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Cicuta virosa, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Cicuta virosa, Lead
The leaves are alternate, tripinnate, only coarsely toothed, unlike the ferny, lacy leaves found in many other members of the family Apiaceae.
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